Goudy Square Park
Goudy Square Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Turtle Fountain, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chicago Park District
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turtle Fountain: 0.0 mi
- Hope and Help: 0.3 mi
- Greene Vardiman Black: 0.4 mi
- Allow Me: 0.4 mi
- Fountain Girl: 0.5 mi
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum: 0.1 mi
- International Museum of Surgical Science: 0.3 mi
- Chicago History Museum: 0.5 mi
- Chicago Sports Museum: 0.6 mi
- Loyola University Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Mariano Park: 0.3 mi
- Lakefront Park: 0.4 mi
- Washington Square: 0.5 mi
- Jane M. Byrne Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Chicago + State Park: 0.6 mi
- Wooden Alley: 0.3 mi
- Pony: 0.8 mi
- Pig: 0.9 mi
- Chicken: 0.9 mi
- Cow: 0.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: The Man: 0.5 mi
- Chicago Fire Relic: 0.6 mi
- Eli Schulman: 0.6 mi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.8 mi
- Ulysses S. Grant Monument: 0.8 mi
- Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden: 0.7 mi
- David M. McKay Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
- Chicago Lights Urban Farm: 0.9 mi
- Limestone Glade: 1.4 mi
- Oz Park Garden: 1.4 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 1.1 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 1.4 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 2.3 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 0.3 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 1.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 3.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.0 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 4.4 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 4.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.2 mi
- Players Hill: 7.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 8.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.6 mi
- Tedens: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goudy Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 334° | 204 m | 9.1 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 254° | 187 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 4 mi away.
- Canada Goose1,354 obs
- House Sparrow1,304 obs
- Mallard1,158 obs
- Rock Pigeon1,129 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird1,080 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron1,050 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel752 obs
- Ring-billed Gull719 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/31009592
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near North · 0 mi
- Chicagoland · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 2 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 3 mi
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